ASUS Announce New Maximus VIII Hero Alpha

ASUS Republic of Gamers Maximus VIII Hero is one off the best boards for new Skylake platform, but the Hero lack some off features that competitors are offering, like WiFi and more connectivity features. So ASUS introduce new variant the Maximus VIII Hero Alpha with add features and functions.

The new Maximus VIII Hero Alpha comes Dual 32Gbps U.2 ports for NVMe, up to three PCI Express RAID Devices and better connectivity with 2×2 802.11 AC MU-MIMO WIFI and two RGB LED strip headers onboard for lighting customization. Other than that, most thing are same as previous Maximus VIII Hero, but Maximus VIII Hero Alpha sacrifice its SATA Express connectors for U.2 ports. The new Maximus VIII Hero Alpha come with little premium price over Maximus VIII Hero.